''Cynometra'' is genus of tropical forest trees with a pantropical distribution. It is particularly important as a forest component in west
Africa
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Cynometra alexandri
''Cynometra alexandri'', the Uganda ironwood or muhimbi, is a species of legume that occurs in tropical lowland forests of central and east Africa. They grow gregariously in drier forest types and as a constituent of swamp forests. They reach so ...
'' (muhimbi) is a familiar timber tree of central and east Africa. The genus is a member of the subfamily
Detarioideae
The subfamily Detarioideae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae (legumes). This subfamily includes many tropical trees, some of which are used for timber or have ecological importance. The subfamily consists of 84 genera, mos ...
. It has been suggested that ''Cynometra'' is
polyphyletic
A polyphyletic group is an assemblage of organisms or other evolving elements that is of mixed evolutionary origin. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as homoplasies, which are explained as a result of converg ...
and is in need of revision. In 2019, beside description of 4 new species (i.e. ''
Cynometra cerebriformis
''Cynometra'' is genus of tropical forest trees with a pantropical distribution. It is particularly important as a forest component in west Africa and the neotropics. '' Cynometra alexandri'' (muhimbi) is a familiar timber tree of central and ea ...
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C. dwyeri'', ''
C. steyermarkii'' and ''
C. tumbesiana''), suggested that the species formerly recognized as ''
Maniltoa'' should be included in this genus and some of the mainland tropical African species (those with asterisk in the list below) excluded from this genus because of their jointed
pedicels
In botany, a pedicel is a stem that attaches a single flower to the inflorescence. Such inflorescences are described as ''pedicellate''.
Description
Pedicel refers to a structure connecting a single flower to its inflorescence. In the absenc ...
and
dehiscent
Dehiscence is the splitting of a mature plant structure along a built-in line of weakness to release its contents. This is common among fruits, anthers and sporangia. Sometimes this involves the complete detachment of a part; structures that op ...
fruits (he has not yet published any new combination for them, though).
Species
The list below is based on
Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants by ...
[POWO (2019). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22178-1 Retrieved 11 May 2021."] and .
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Cynometra abrahamii
''Cynometra'' is genus of tropical forest trees with a pantropical distribution. It is particularly important as a forest component in west Africa and the neotropics. '' Cynometra alexandri'' (muhimbi) is a familiar timber tree of central and ea ...
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Cynometra alexandri
''Cynometra alexandri'', the Uganda ironwood or muhimbi, is a species of legume that occurs in tropical lowland forests of central and east Africa. They grow gregariously in drier forest types and as a constituent of swamp forests. They reach so ...
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Cynometra americana
''Cynometra'' is genus of tropical forest trees with a pantropical distribution. It is particularly important as a forest component in west Africa and the neotropics. '' Cynometra alexandri'' (muhimbi) is a familiar timber tree of central and ea ...
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Cynometra ananta''*
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Cynometra ankaranensis
''Cynometra'' is genus of tropical forest trees with a pantropical distribution. It is particularly important as a forest component in west Africa and the neotropics. '' Cynometra alexandri'' (muhimbi) is a familiar timber tree of central and ea ...
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Cynometra aurita
''Cynometra'' is genus of tropical forest trees with a pantropical distribution. It is particularly important as a forest component in west Africa and the neotropics. '' Cynometra alexandri'' (muhimbi) is a familiar timber tree of central and ea ...
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Cynometra bauhiniifolia
''Cynometra'' is genus of tropical forest trees with a pantropical distribution. It is particularly important as a forest component in west Africa and the neotropics. '' Cynometra alexandri'' (muhimbi) is a familiar timber tree of central and ea ...
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Cynometra beddomei''
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Cynometra bourdillonii''
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Cynometra brachymischa
''Cynometra'' is genus of tropical forest trees with a pantropical distribution. It is particularly important as a forest component in west Africa and the neotropics. '' Cynometra alexandri'' (muhimbi) is a familiar timber tree of central and ea ...
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Cynometra brachyrrhachis
''Cynometra brachyrrhachis'' is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Tanzania. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natura ...
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Cynometra capuronii''
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Cynometra cauliflora''
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Cynometra cebuensis''
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Cynometra commersoniana''
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Cynometra congensis''
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Cynometra copelandii''
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Cynometra craibii''
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Cynometra crassifolia''
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Cynometra cubensis''
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Cynometra cuneata''
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Cynometra dauphinensis''
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Cynometra engleri''*
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Cynometra falcata''
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Cynometra filifera''*
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Cynometra fissicuspis''
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Cynometra floretii''
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Cynometra gillmanii''*
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Cynometra glomerulata''
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Cynometra grandiflora'' (syn. ''
Maniltoa grandiflora'' )
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Cynometra hemitomophylla''
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Cynometra hostmanniana''
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Cynometra humboldtiana''
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Cynometra inaequifolia''
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Cynometra insularis''
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Cynometra iripa''
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Cynometra katikii''
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Maniltoa lenticellata'' )
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Cynometra longicuspis''
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Cynometra longifolia''
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Cynometra longipedicellata''*
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Cynometra lujae''*
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Cynometra lukei''
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Cynometra lyallii''
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Cynometra macrocarpa''
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Cynometra madagascariensis''
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Cynometra mannii''
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Cynometra marginata''
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Cynometra marleneae''
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Cynometra mayottensis''
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Cynometra megalophylla''
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Maniltoa minor'' )
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Cynometra minutiflora''
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Cynometra nyangensis''*
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Cynometra oaxacana''
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Cynometra oddonii''*
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Cynometra parvifolia''
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Cynometra pedicellata''*
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Cynometra pervilleana''
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Cynometra phaselocarpa''
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Cynometra polyandra''
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Cynometra portoricensis''
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Cynometra ramiflora
A tree in the family Fabaceae, ''Cynometra ramiflora'' is found in mangroves and flooded forests from New Caledonia in the western Pacific west to Queensland in Australia, New Guinea, Maritime Southeast Asia, Island Southeast Asia, and Tropical A ...
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Cynometra retusa''
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Maniltoa rosea'' )
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Cynometra roseiflora''
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Cynometra sakalava''
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Cynometra schlechteri''
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Cynometra schottiana''
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Cynometra simplicifolia''
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Cynometra sphaerocarpa''
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Cynometra suaheliensis''*
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Cynometra travancorica''
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Cynometra trinitensis''
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Cynometra ulugurensis''*
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Maniltoa vestita'' )
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Maniltoa floribunda'' )
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Cynometra vogelii
''Cynometra'' is genus of tropical forest trees with a pantropical distribution. It is particularly important as a forest component in west Africa and the neotropics. ''Cynometra alexandri'' (muhimbi) is a familiar timber tree of central and eas ...
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Cynometra warburgii''
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Cynometra webberi''*
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Cynometra zeylanica''
References
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Fabaceae genera
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